Quote Originally Posted by stokearab View Post
Hmmm....... looks like he's been speaking to players at other clubs. Not surprising because they talk all the time. Before the internet you used to dread international call ups because of tapping up by the players in the dressing room. Now it's done on watsapp groups. The timing seems to suggest the new agent has promised to get him "a better move" or "the best move for him". Which usually means not necessarily the highest fee for the selling club but the best player wages and agent commission.

If I was him I would have been speaking to MM and basically saying in a nice way look for my short and long term career success I need to be scoring in a team that creates for me. If you can't arrange that I want away. So what are you going to do? He might have said he wants away regardless.

The question if he does go what's his minimum value and are there clubs prepared to pay more than the minimum value because they know he'll score regularly at a higher level providing they give him the service we're not giving him.

Which leads to the question how the hell do you replace him without having to part with a serious fee?
It's not the first time something like this has happened on the back of a player going away with an international squad. We only have ourselves, well, the manager to blame but hey ho. We'll probably never know just how good he could've been for us in the Premiership if he does leave as its clear to see he's been stifled of opportunities and the chance to prove himself with the system we play.